check before: 2025-11-01
Product:
Defender, Defender for Endpoint, Defender XDR, Microsoft 365 Apps
Platform:
Online, World tenant
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Change type:
Feature update, Admin impact
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Summary:
New Microsoft Secure Score recommendations for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint will roll out in November 2025, focusing on LDAP security enhancements like client signing, traffic encryption, channel binding, and server signing to improve endpoint protection and prevent attacks. Admins should review and implement these changes.
Details:
[Introduction]
We're introducing new Microsoft Secure Score recommendations for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) to help organizations strengthen their security posture. These recommendations are designed to proactively block common attack techniques and improve endpoint protection.
[When this will happen:]
Public Preview: Rollout begins in early November 2025 and is expected to complete by mid-November 2025.
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Created:
2025-10-30
updated:
2025-10-30
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summary for non-techies**
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Direct effects for Operations**
LDAP Security Enhancements
Failure to implement new LDAP security recommendations may lead to increased vulnerability to attacks, resulting in potential data breaches and unauthorized access to sensitive information.
- roles: IT Admins, Security Analysts
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/he-il/defender-xdr/microsoft-secure-score?view=o365-worldwide
User Experience Degradation
Without proper preparation and communication regarding the changes, users may experience disruptions in authentication processes, leading to login issues and decreased productivity.
- roles: End Users, Help Desk Support
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/he-il/defender-xdr/microsoft-secure-score?view=o365-worldwide
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explanation for non-techies**
Imagine your organization’s security system as a castle. In this analogy, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint acts like the guards and defenses that protect the castle from intruders. Microsoft Secure Score is like a checklist that helps you ensure all the defenses are as strong as possible.
Starting in November 2025, there will be new recommendations to enhance these defenses, focusing on a part of the system called LDAP, which is like the keys and locks used to manage who can enter the castle. LDAP helps with authentication and authorization, similar to how guards check who is allowed to enter the castle.
The new recommendations are like upgrading the locks and training the guards to be more vigilant. They include:
1. Client Signing: This is like ensuring that all keys used by visitors are genuine and cannot be tampered with, preventing unauthorized access.
2. Traffic Encryption: Think of this as encrypting messages sent between guards and visitors, so if someone tries to intercept the messages, they can't understand them.
3. Channel Binding: This is like ensuring that once a visitor is authenticated, their session cannot be hijacked by someone else pretending to be them.
4. Server Signing: This ensures that all communications between the castle's central command and the guards are legitimate and have not been altered.
By implementing these recommendations, the castle (your organization) becomes more secure against common attack techniques. Admins should review these changes and apply them to strengthen the organization’s security posture. It’s like checking off items on a security checklist to ensure everything is in place to protect the castle effectively.
Communicating these changes to your security and endpoint management teams is crucial, as they are the ones who will implement and maintain these new security measures. This ensures everyone is on the same page and the castle remains well-protected.
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